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- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
marketing, operations, and pricing. This led to greater profitability as well as to a tighter competitive focus and greater differentiation. Thus, order cycle management contributed to cost optimization, revenue improvement, and better... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
clear objective. If you don't have a good fix on your destination—be it a product or service, a strategic or competitive outcome, or anything else—you may as well not start the journey. For a lot of your work, though, this so-called... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space sector, making it much more of... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
new “blue ocean” opportunity for companies eager to activate diversity as a competitive advantage. Chitra: And when you talk about the opportunities and just going even another level deeper based on this tremendous research that you both... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
middle management willing to—and this is another part of Intel culture—constructively confront you and your suppositions and your assumptions and the suppositions and the assumptions of the whole firm, you've got eyes and ears all over the country, all over the world,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
family events you do not want to miss. Being passionate about what you do gives you a competitive edge. A career may seem quite long, but it goes by extremely fast. Don't waste time doing what you do not enjoy. Amrita Sen (MBA 1999), CEO,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
life through a massive corporate effort designed to weave environmental thinking into every aspect of the business. "We believe that being environmentally conscious makes good competitive sense," he explains. "For example, we aggressively... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
distinct geographic markets, we show that such combinations can reduce competition among merging hospitals for inclusion in insurers' networks, leading to higher prices (or lower-quality care). Using data on hospital mergers from 1996 to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
precisely this competition that keeps ecosystems healthy: Without niche players who understand and exercise this leverage, ecosystems will be less healthy than they could be and may fall into sickness if their keystone loses sight of its... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
and soot in fires. When one of Myra Hart's students asked Krasnow whether he would now counsel starting a business right out of school or gaining experience in a company, Krasnow said, "The laws of economics haven't changed, and the laws of View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Lately, competition in the biotech industry has become more heated than ever, as a steadily increasing number of companies enter a market that, despite its risky nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
government. The renewables world has significantly changed in the past 5 to 10 years though – our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered unbelievable cost improvements. If you... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
I started college, I didn't even know anyone who worked in an office so (at JPMorgan) I learned how to work in a very competitive and demanding environment from people who taught me a lot,” Westphal said. Two years into his career in... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
retail, the book offers prescriptive advice to store-based retailers caught in the squeeze. "First off, there is no one size fits all answer," says Alvarez, a senior lecturer. "Your strategy depends on what type of items you sell, who your View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand awareness than small ones. However, our research finds that a smaller brand can actually benefit if consumers can see the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
manufacturer whose brands and trademarks lay at the heart of its competitive advantages in international markets, the loss of these intangible assets was especially damaging. However, worse was to come. During the 1930s as a so-called... View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and international organizations promoted by the European Union. Although the American... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14222 Cases & Course MaterialsCognizant Technology Solutions Harvard Business School Case 408-099 In the highly competitive information technology outsourcing industry, Cognizant Technology Solutions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
recommendations, and feeds, to help members manage their experiences with their online friends. The two choices have very different value propositions and have very different competitive implications. Also describes the dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
might’ve been something like Competition and Strategy, and it was kind of an open session where the case was on branding, and this company was actually trying to brand lobsters. And I guess for a while they were pretty successful—they had... View Details